Campaigns Flashcards
Individualistic and newspaper campaigns
Justice for Julies, Sarah’s law
Pressure group campaigns
Dignity in dying, Nacro
Justice for Julie history
Julie Hogg strangled to death 1989, aged 22, by her former partner, Billy Dunlop. Found not guilty due to the lack of evidence against him, was unable to be redialled due to the double jeopardy law.
What is the double jeopardy law
Stops someone from being trialled for the same crime they were found innocent in.
Aim of Justice for Julie
Julie’s mother, Ann Ming, led the campaign in an attempt to change the double jeopardy law, and bring justice to her daughter.
Justice for Julie media support
Significant amount of help from the Northern Echo Press to promote the campaign through the media, suing the police to bring attention to the aim.
Justice for Julie result
In 2005, the criminal justice act abolished the double jeopardy law for 30 offenders. Compelling evidence can bring someone back to trial. Dunlop was the first with a guilty verdict under the new legislation, and received a life sentence.
Justice for Julie impact
This new law had a national impact as it helped and convicted people all over the country.
Sarah’s law history
Sarah Payne was abducted and murdered at 8 years old by Roy Whiting, a convicted paedophile who lived in the area, Sarah’s mother was unaware of.
Sarah’s law aim
Led by Sarah’s mother, to change the law so that people can ask the police for information about a person who has access to a child for things such as sex offender convictions etc.
Media in Sarah’s law
News of the world published names and photographs of 50 claimed to be child sex offenders. This raised awareness by publicly shaming them and published the campaign.
Sarah’s law result
Child sex offender disclosure scheme came into place, allowing people to ask about anyone in contact with their child.
Sarah’s law impact
National impact as it allowed all under the new scheme to be safer with their children, as well as raising awareness globally.
Dignity in dying history
In 1990, Anthony Cocker was convicted with murder after assisting his wife Esther with her suicide. Shortly after, DR Nigel Cox was convicted with murder after r of oncoming death.
Dignity in dying aim
Pro Assisted Dying campaign group who fight for the voluntary euthanasia legislation, and a change in the law to allow assisted dying in terminally ill, mentally competent patients, so that they don’t continue to live in physical pain and in fear of oncoming death.
Dignity in dying media
Website publishes blogs, articles and case studies in an attempt to gain supporters, as well as a YouTube channel. They appear in the media and news, and take part in protests.
Dignity in dying result
May 2011, a referendum in Zurich, Switzerland, showed overwhelming support for assisted dying, voted to reject the restriction of assisted dying services in Zurich to the residents of the city.
Nacro aim
Nacro aims to provide practical and personalised support through education, housing, justice and health and wellbeing services. They work closely with ex-prisoner to help them move to a better future.
Nacro run by
They are a group of 900 staff in England and Wales with £70 million in funding from charities.
Nacro history
Prisoners could not find health support, apply for benefits or see their probation officer in time for the weekend leading to the, sleeping rough and without medication or money until Monday. They are set up to fail.
Nacro media
They used videos, websites and pressured MPs as their methods of campaigning.
Nacro result
Ended the Friday Release of prisoners. It was passed as a law in June 2023 and came into law in 2024, prisoners can no longer be released on a Friday.
